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Four of a marriage party drown
in river Narmada
May 08, 2008, Bhopal: At least four members of a marriage party are
feared to have drowned when a boat carrying them capsized in the river
Narmada in Madhya Pradesh's Narsinghpur district early Thursday
morning.
"The overcrowded boat carrying about 40 people lost balance in the
middle of the river (and capsized). While most of the passengers
including the bridegroom, Khemchand, 21, managed to swim to safety, at
least four people are missing," Narsinghpur Police Superintendent Sai
Manohar told IANS by phone.
The marriage party, hailing from Piparha village of Narsinghpur
district, was on its way to Taradehi village in Damoh district.
Those feared drowned have been identified as Jitendra, 16, Mahendra,
22, Rajju, 20, and Rakesh, 19. Divers have been pressed into service
to search for their bodies while the boatman, Marru, is absconding,
the police said. (IANS)
50 pc
grant for pilgrims going to Pakistan
Indore, May 08: The Madhya
Pradesh Government will provide 50 per cent grant to pilgrims from the
state undertaking visit to Hinglaj Devi in Pakistan. Chief Minister
Shivraj Singh Chouhan made the announcement on the occasion of
Parashuram Jayanti today at the birthplace of Lord Pashuram at Janapav
near Mhow. He announced that a state holiday would be observed on 'Parashuram
Jayanti' from next year.
Chouhan said a panchayat of priests would be convened soon in order to
resolve their problems. “Funds would not be an impediment in the
development of Lord Parashuram's birthplace. An amount of Rs 11 crore
would be spent on the construction of a Parashuram temple, yagyashala,
gaushala and museum,” he said. The Chief Minister said the government
planned to develop all cultural spots in the state. These would
include developing Narmada Parikrama route and 'Ram van gaman' route.
Criticising those describing development of cultural heritages as
communalism, he said basic facilities would be developed at places of
belief and reverence.
He said the government had passed the Bill envisaging tough action
against those involved in forcible conversion and cow slaughter and
sent it to the Centre urging early approval for the same. State
minister Anoop Mishra, Narottam Mishra, Lakshmikant Sharma, Kailash
Vijaywargiya, state BJP President Narendra Singh Tomar and former
Chief Minister Kailash Vijayvargiya were present. The Chief Minister
Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that Janapav, the birthplace of Bhagwan
Parashuram developed to make it an international centre of pilgrimage.
Chouhan was addressing a massive public meeting at Janapav today. He
performed Bhoomi Pujan for development works worth about 11 crore
there on the occasion.
Former Chief Minister Kailash Joshi presided over the function
attended among others by BJP state president Narendra Singh Tomar,
vice president Anil Dave. The Chief Minister accorded sanction for
various development works at Janapav including construction of a road
from AB road to Janapav, electrification of the road, drinking water
arrangement, renovation of the pond, construction of a grand temple
and a Dharmshala, ambulatory path, museum, research seat, Bhojnalaya
and a huge gate on AB road. Presiding over the function Kailash Joshi
said that Bhagwan Parashuram strived to shape an egalitarian society.
He initiated a movement through which thousands of people were made
cultured. He lauded the initiative of the state government to develop
Janapav as a pilgrimage centre.
Steps to check overcrowding in jails
Bhopal, May 08: State
government has effected an important amendment to Jail Manual with
a view to redressing problem of overcrowding in jail in Madhya
Pradesh. As per the amendment, now the prisoners undergoing five
years' jail term would be detained in sub-jails. Similarly, those
undergoing ten or more years' imprisonment or life term would be
detained in central jails.
Notification to this effect has been issued. All the
superintendents of central jails, district jails and sub-jails
have been instructed to ensure implementation of this order by
June 1, 2008. Earlier, prisoners undergoing up to one-year jail
term were kept in sub-jails and those convicted for up to three
years' imprisonment were detained at district jails. Due to this,
central jails had to accommodate prisoners double or triple of
their capacity. This amendment would bring about far-reaching
benefits for Jail Department as well as prisoners. Sub-jails were
keeping prisoners less than their capacity while the government
had to spend lots of funds in running these sub-jails. This
situation would improve now and state government's resources would
be utilised justifiably.
According to the amendment, prisoners convicted for minor crimes
and hailing from far-fetched areas would not have to undergo
imprisonment with habitual offenders at central jails as they
would undergo imprisonment at a nearby sub-jail. The biggest
beneficiaries of this amendment would relatives of such prisoners
who had to visit far-fetched central jails. Similarly, the
amendment would lessen burden on central jails which used to be
overcrowded. On the other hand captives undergoing short term
imprisonment would be shifted to sub-jails where they would get
better opportunity of work which was not available to them at
central jails. As per rules honorarium is given to prisoners in
lieu of their work in jail. June 1, has been set as the deadline
for jail superintendents to implement this amendment. At the same
time, they have been asked to send the compliance report to the
government through Jail Headquarter.
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